In which Ben learns how to Fight the Good Fight...
The knife was at his throat and Ben looked up at Ruby with wide eyes. She scoffed, then pushed off him. "You're worthless, Ben. How the hell am I supposed to train you to replace Sam if you can't even block a simple headlock?"
"Then show me." Ben grabbed Ruby's arm and pulled her over his shoulder, tossing her onto the ground.
"I can't show someone who doesn't want to do this." She got to her feet, then crossed her arms. "You know tricks, Ben. Little things your daddy taught you. This isn't a game anymore, and if you plan on stepping up into the big boy world, you have to act like it."
She came at him again, and Ben ducked out of the way, then cried out as she backhanded him into the snow. He looked up in time to see the knife coming at his face and rolled out of the way, pulling himself to his feet and then his back hit the tree.
He threw his hand up and focused, stopping Ruby in her place. She snorted, then forced a step. "Can't even hold me. You're going to get killed on your first battle."
"That's what your job is, protecting me," Ben stated, trying to hold her still. He winced, holding his head as pain started to grow.
"You think I protect Sam? Sam has more training in his pinkie than you have in your whole body." Another step. "You aren't even worth your Winchester genes - no wonder why you won't take your father's name."
"Shut up," Ben growled, trying to focus more as his fingers splayed wider. He tried to keep his eyes open as they squinted in pain.
"Benjamin Braeden. The boy so worthless, not even Dean would have you. You know he knew in his heart you were his son, but he could see how worthless you were then and that's why he left you and didn't force your stupid selfish mom to tell him."
"SHUT. UP." Ben growled and he waved his hand, tossing Ruby to the side and into the tree where he pinned her. He was growling, his head tilted as he glared at her.
"Oh, I'm so terrified. I think my bunny slippers just..." Ruby stopped talking and a hand went to her throat as she felt herself being pulled out of the body. "Ben... stop..." she tried to tell him as a bit of sulfur slipped out of her mouth.
"Don't you ever talk about my mother like that..." he stated, blood trickling down from his nose.
"Stop Ben, or you're going to hurt yourself past what I can heal." Lindsey watched from his spot on the log with uninterested eyes. Ben growled but let Ruby go.
She collapsed at the foot of the tree, then watched as Ben staggered away to sit on the log next to Lindsey.
"Now that's the boy prince that I've been waiting to see," Ruby smirked. There may be hope yet.
"Then show me." Ben grabbed Ruby's arm and pulled her over his shoulder, tossing her onto the ground.
"I can't show someone who doesn't want to do this." She got to her feet, then crossed her arms. "You know tricks, Ben. Little things your daddy taught you. This isn't a game anymore, and if you plan on stepping up into the big boy world, you have to act like it."
She came at him again, and Ben ducked out of the way, then cried out as she backhanded him into the snow. He looked up in time to see the knife coming at his face and rolled out of the way, pulling himself to his feet and then his back hit the tree.
He threw his hand up and focused, stopping Ruby in her place. She snorted, then forced a step. "Can't even hold me. You're going to get killed on your first battle."
"That's what your job is, protecting me," Ben stated, trying to hold her still. He winced, holding his head as pain started to grow.
"You think I protect Sam? Sam has more training in his pinkie than you have in your whole body." Another step. "You aren't even worth your Winchester genes - no wonder why you won't take your father's name."
"Shut up," Ben growled, trying to focus more as his fingers splayed wider. He tried to keep his eyes open as they squinted in pain.
"Benjamin Braeden. The boy so worthless, not even Dean would have you. You know he knew in his heart you were his son, but he could see how worthless you were then and that's why he left you and didn't force your stupid selfish mom to tell him."
"SHUT. UP." Ben growled and he waved his hand, tossing Ruby to the side and into the tree where he pinned her. He was growling, his head tilted as he glared at her.
"Oh, I'm so terrified. I think my bunny slippers just..." Ruby stopped talking and a hand went to her throat as she felt herself being pulled out of the body. "Ben... stop..." she tried to tell him as a bit of sulfur slipped out of her mouth.
"Don't you ever talk about my mother like that..." he stated, blood trickling down from his nose.
"Stop Ben, or you're going to hurt yourself past what I can heal." Lindsey watched from his spot on the log with uninterested eyes. Ben growled but let Ruby go.
She collapsed at the foot of the tree, then watched as Ben staggered away to sit on the log next to Lindsey.
"Now that's the boy prince that I've been waiting to see," Ruby smirked. There may be hope yet.